From NYCHA to the Garden, the Knicks' Jose Alvarado is living a New Yorker's dream ^41.4%

Gothamist - By Ben Feuerherd, Samantha Max - 6/10/2026, 10:01 AM

Appeal to Emotion 21.5% - Availability Heuristic 19.6% - Halo Effect 14.5%

On a small basketball court in bustling South Williamsburg, Malik Kaiser Covington Jr. is running point guard as he and friends from a local high school play half-court on a recent sunny afternoon. The New York Knicks are in the NBA Finals for the first time in more than two decades, and 17-year-old Kaiser Covington and his friends are... more

Heading to Midtown for Knicks Game 3? Here's how to stay safe in the crowds. ^4.1%

Gothamist - By Ben Feuerherd - 6/8/2026, 10:01 AM

Indoctrination 23.8% - Optimism Bias 17.1% - Hasty Generalization 14.8%

The Knicks are coming back to New York City for Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Monday night — and ecstatic fans are expected to gather across the city to cheer on the red-hot team. City and federal authorities have ruled out a watch party outside Madison Square Garden for Monday's game. The NYPD told Gothamist the decision was made in... more

Brownsville civilians handle crises in a model Mayor Mamdani may expand ^49.4%

Gothamist - By Ben Feuerherd - 5/12/2026, 10:31 AM

Appeal to Authority 24.5% - Optimism Bias 16.1% - Politically Left Leaning Bias 11.9%

Bilal Jacks was hanging out on a Brownsville sidewalk last month when he heard a man shouting down the block. “Excuse me for a second,” Jacks said. He headed to the source of the commotion: An argument between a man and a woman had broken out on the sidewalk in front of a deli on Mother Gaston Boulevard. He quickly worked to calm the... more

Mamdani condemns ICE action at Bushwick hospital, says NYPD didn’t coordinate ^2.3%

Gothamist - By Elizabeth Kim, Arya Sundaram, Ben Feuerherd - 5/4/2026, 5:14 PM

Negativity Bias 17.6% - Framing Effect 8.6% - Begging the Question 7.2%

Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the immigration enforcement that led to a tense standoff between New Yorkers, the NYPD and federal immigration agents outside of a Brooklyn hospital Saturday night. The mayor said the NYPD did not coordinate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the agency's civil enforcement, and that police... more

Council bill aims to permanently disarm NYPD's robot dogs ^50.8%

Gothamist - By Ben Feuerherd - 4/29/2026, 10:31 AM

Negativity Bias 28.8% - Appeal to Emotion 17.5% - Anecdotal 12.3%

A city councilmember wants to preemptively disarm the NYPD’s robot dogs. Councilmember Jennifer Gutierrez said she planned to introduce a bill on Thursday that would prohibit the NYPD from deploying robots armed with weapons and using robots in a manner likely to cause physical injury. The bill, dubbed the ASIMOV Act, is a nod to science... more

Brooklyn man files legal claim after NYPD beating in Gowanus liquor store ^29.5%

Gothamist - By Ben Feuerherd - 4/27/2026, 11:56 PM

Framing Effect 38.5% - Negativity Bias 30.6% - Unattributed Quote 30.4%

A Brooklyn man who was beaten by two NYPD officers after they mistook him for a drug suspect in a Brooklyn liquor store has filed a legal claim against the city, the police department and the officers involved in the botched arrest. In a notice of claim filed with the city comptroller’s office, Timothy Brown asserts that the officers... more

Gowanus residents say man's violent arrest is latest in line of strife with NYPD ^0%

Gothamist - By Ben Feuerherd, Brittany Kriegstein - 4/17/2026, 10:00 AM

Negativity Bias 22.8% - Hasty Generalization 17.9% - Biased Writer Voice 13.6%

Gowanus Houses residents say the recent violent arrest of a man mistakenly identified as a drug dealer is a reflection of the long-running issues they've seen with how police interact with people in and around the public housing development. “It’s infuriating,” Quentin Heyward, a resident of the Gowanus Houses, said of the viral video of... more

Behind the scenes of the Gilgo Beach murders with the commissioner who led the hunt ^0%

Gothamist - By Ben Feuerherd - 4/10/2026, 10:01 AM

Appeal to Emotion 8.5% - Negativity Bias 7.6% - Fundamental Attribution Error 5.2%

Soon after Rodney Harrison started as the Suffolk County police commissioner he sat down with the homicide squad to get an update on an investigation that had baffled police for more than a decade. Multiple women's remains were discovered near Gilgo Beach in 2010 and no one had any idea who was responsible. Harrison, the former chief of... more

Jury acquits man of top murder charge in killing of NYPD officer, convicts of manslaughter ^0%

Gothamist - By Ben Feuerherd - 4/2/2026, 12:00 AM

Appeal to Emotion 20.3% - Confirmation Bias 12.1% - Framing Effect 11.9%

A jury in Queens has acquitted a man of the top murder charge in the death of NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller in Far Rockaway two years ago, while convicting him of aggravated manslaughter and other charges. The defendant, 36-year-old Guy Rivera, could have faced life in prison without the possibility of parole if he had been found guilty... more

Teens charged with terrorism after explosive devices thrown at Gracie Mansion protest ^0%

Gothamist - By Samantha Max, Ben Feuerherd - 3/9/2026, 5:01 PM

Two teens accused of trying to ignite homemade explosive devices at a protest outside Gracie Mansion over the weekend expressed support for ISIS after their arrest, according to a criminal complaint released Monday. Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, both from Pennsylvania, are suspected of bringing jars filled with nuts, bolts and... more